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NAME:                      Broomfield, John
RANK:                      Private  (Lance Corporal on memorial)
UNIT:                      East Surrey Regiment
BATTALION ETC:             12th Battalion attached 1st Battalion Royal West Kent Regiment
REGIMENTAL NUMBER:         9086
HOW DIED/DATE OF DEATH:    Killed in action 22nd July 1916
WHERE BURIED/COMMEMORATED: Caterpillar Valley Cemetery, Longueval, Somme, France
OTHER INFORMATION:         Age 33. Enlisted 16th March 1915.
                           His address on soldiers papers is 87 Park Road, Kingston-on-Thames.
                           Son of Lucy Broomfield of (1911, mother a widow) Royal Oak Inn, Bank, Lyndhurst, Hants.
                           In 1901 family (father Charles) at above address.
                           Husband of Alice Beatrice Hills (formerly Broomfield), of 6 Pleasant Row, Police Station Rd., West Malling, Maidstone (CWGC).
                           On pension card 3 Pleasant Row, West Malling, Kent.
                           Married 7th May 1908 at the register office, Dartford, Kent.
                           Brother of Herbert who also died.
                           Born: Lyndhurst, Hants. Enlisted: Kingston-on-Thames, Surrey.